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The Commission has been floating such ideas for a while. The figure of 392 billion mentioned in the piece is = all cohesion funding in the current EU budget. The sum that may be diverted to defence is much smaller. Let us wait and see ft.com/content/eb0de7…

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.Luigi Scazzieri of CER believes EU leaders are trying to "project unity and avoid a descent into a scramble." But that unity, he cautioned, could fall apart if the common strategy to cope with Trump ends in failure and capitals seek tailor-made deals. buff.ly/4fD3ItS

🎙️ Are Europeans ready for a second Trump presidency?🎙️ Sophia Besch, Ian Bond and Luigi Scazzieri provide their expert insight on the latest #CERPodcast available now: buff.ly/4fK2CME

🎙️ Latest episode of the #CERPodcast available now Sophia Besch, Ian Bond and Luigi Scazzieri discuss the impact of Donald Trump's second presidency on European security. Listen here: buff.ly/4fK2CME

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Bloomberg calls on the EU to get serious about common defence spending, linking Luigi Scazzieri and my paper. There are even more difficult obstacles than funding. Europe's military planners will need to tell us what kit they need in a 10Y plan of sorts 1/ bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…

As Luigi Scazzieri and I argued in our paper last month, a defence fund with a "coalition of the willing" has advantages: - No need to wait for consensus at EU-27 - Include non-EU members But a guarantee fund-design (per FT reporting) has downsides 2/x cer.eu/publications/a…

“There’s disappointment in how the Labour government has approached the EU and Brussels. ...there’s little to discuss with the EU until the UK internally sorts out what it wants as a package and that’s not happened yet,” said Luigi Scazzieri of the CER. buff.ly/40szSC6

New short piece from Luigi Scazzieri and myself on the raging European defence funding debate. Based on our longer policy brief on the subject.

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🆕 CER policy brief by Luigi Scazzieri takes stock of the EU’s involvement in defence, its challenges and its prospects. #DefenceUnion Read here: buff.ly/3PX8maY

Very pleased to see this contribution out:

Either structure could help with quickly increasing defence spending, he added. “A big, co-ordinated injection of capital,” Luigi Scazzieri of CER said, would signal “strong political will by European countries to step up for European defence”.  buff.ly/4i0JJH4

Another cracker by Luigi Scazzieri Another nail in the coffin (hopefully) of 'third country like any other'....

I was very pleased to contribute my thoughts to this meeting in Westminster The EU and the UK are natural and essential defence partners. They need to elevate that dimension of cooperation over other elements of their relationship that aren't always smooth

The scope for EU-UK defence co-operation could grow if the EU continues to strengthen defence co-operation with accession candidates. New CER policy brief by Luigi Scazzieri Read here: buff.ly/SCGqDX4

📢 We are thrilled to welcome Luigi Scazzieri as our new Senior Policy Analyst for Common Security and Defence Policy (#CSDP)! 👋 Welcome to the EUISS team, Luigi!

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As Zelensky & Trump will meet at the #NATOSummit, Luigi Scazzieri explains that Europeans can offset declining US aid to Ukraine. How?⤵️ 🛒 Buy equipment for Kyiv from 🇺🇸 📈 Ramp up production in 🇪🇺 & 🇺🇦 🛰️ Invest in missing capabilities 🔗ow.ly/26ua50W8au6